Cut-off for down-spouts.



no. 093,009; Patented Feb. n, |902.

M. C. HARRISON.

cuT-0FF Fon Down sPouTs.

(.pplictinn led Mar. 22, 1901.)i

(No Model.)

UNrTEfD STATES PATENT Orricn.

MARION C. HARRISON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

GUT-OFF FOR DOWN-SPOUTS.

sEoIFioAfr-Ioiv farming part of Letters Patent No. 693,009, dated February 1 1, 1902.

Application iilcd March Z2, 1901.

To @ZZ whom it may concer/t.-

Be it known that I, MARION C. HARRISON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented newT and useful Improvements in Cut-Offs for Down- Spouts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to down-spout cutoffs, and in practice is attached to the lower end of a down-spout 0r Water-conductor which conducts the water from the eaves-trough of a building to the ground and is so arranged when in position that the water which passes through it can be shifted from the pipes leading to a cistern to waste-pipes leading to an ordinary sink or main of a sewer or can be shifted from the waste-pipe to the pipe that leads to the cistern.

In further describing my invention I will do so by referring to the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my invention, taken on line Y Y of Fig. 1,with the parts above said line being removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken on line Z Z of Fig. 1, showing the position of a shifting-rod pivotally secured to said cylinder at 12, which is adapted to shift a revoluble cylinder for shifting the downpour ofthe water from one exit to the other. Fig. 4 is a vertical portion of one of the sides of my invention, taken also on line Z Z of Fig. 1, showing a slot therein through which the shiftingrod, Fig. 5, is adjustably manipulated for the reversible movement of a revolving cylinder. Fig. 6 is a broken section of the shifting-rod' y in relative position to the slot 11 in the side of the invention, as indicated at Fig. 4, showing a broken vertical section of the side of the cut-O, taken on line X X of Fig. 4.

In practice the lower end of the down-spout from the eaves-trough of a building is inserted in .the stem at l in the upper end of the cut-off, and in time ofk a storm or downpour of rain the water will pass t0 the revoluble cylinder 2, said cylinder being provided with an opening or a cut-away in the side thereof, as indicated at 3. The water will make its exit through said cut-away 3 and Serial No. 52,349. (No model.)

pass out through stem 4 into the cislern or' sewer-pipe, of which one of each is connected to said stems 4 at 5 and 6.

To insure perfect movement of the revoluble cylinder, I have provided a stud or wristpin 7, which is rigidly secured to the bottom of the cut-off and upon which the'revoluble cylinder is loosely journaled, as indicated at Fig. 1. It will further be observed that the upper end S of the revoluble cylinder 2 loosely encircles the lower end of stem 1 of the cutoff, which is especially made in practice so that said cylinder will revolve freely. When the revoluble cylinder is to be shifted from one exit to the other, handle 9 is grasped between the thumb and fingers and raised upward, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6, until stemlO is brought upward fair to slot l1. When in this position, with a slight pull stem 10 is drawn out through the slot, causing the revoluble cylinder to turn or revolve on-pivot 7, when the cylinder in this manner is revolved about one-fourth of its diameter. With a slight push inward of handle 9 it is revolved about another fourth, when it is in vthe position" indicated by the dotted line at Fig. 3, and the downpour of water is shifted from exit-stem 5 to exit-stem 6, and vice versa, as the case may demand. It will further be observed when the handle-stem 10 is in the position indicated at Fig. 6 it forms a lock with the side of the cut-off, which holds the revoluble cylinder in a desired position until it is to be shifted or reversed from one exit to the other. The opposite end of stem 10 from the handle 9 is bent at a right angle down and inserted into ear 12, which is secured to revoluble cylinder 2 over the cut-away portion.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A cut-olf for down-spouts comprising a body lar and an opening in its side', a crescentand projeetingthroughsaid slot to formaham shaped eut-off plate secured to said sleeve, die for rotating said cylinder and out-0E. Io having its ooneavity below said opening, a In testimony whereof l afx my signature pivot-pin passing through said eut-0E plate in the presence of two Witnessesi 5 and secured to the bottom of said body por- MARION C. HARRISON.

tion,said pin beingconeentrie with saidsleeve, f Witnesses: A V a horizontal slot in said body portion, and a M. L. LANGE,

stem 10 pivotally connected to said cylinder K. M. IMBODEN. 

